Okay, HOW do I continue without being discouraged?

fortheloveofketo
fortheloveofketo Posts: 3 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
How do I continue to exercise without getting discouraged.

I am one attempt #2 for C25K.

Starting wk 3 this week.

Last week I included strength training 3 days a week.

I felt completely drained.

My food is quite good.... most is nutritionally sound.

I drink 3-5L of water a day.

I am opting to go back to just running this week...

How do you all do so much and not be drained?

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  • segovm
    segovm Posts: 512 Member
    So a lot of it is just a mind game. I started three months ago at 275 lbs smoking two and a half packs a day and getting up out of my chair to refill my soda or eat more food. Today I went for a 7.5 hour 100 mile bike ride and am down to 231 lbs.

    There is never a point where it's just easy.

    You get used to how hard it is. You look forward to the hurt a bit more over time. But it's always easier to do nothing and just expand into a huge blob on the couch.

    At some point you just have to become one with the amazing part of you that's been sitting silently in the corner for a while letting you get away with doing less. You do it because if you don't do it then you're just surrendering to a life of blah that ends up passing by with no particular point to it all.

    Eventually you do it because you love yourself, your family, your friends or even just life too much not to do anything I guess.

    At first it's hard to figure out the difference between going to hard and being too lazy. It helps if you follow a program of some sort and check in with a doctor from time to time but jogging and lifting some weights should not be insurmountable for you so do your best to stick with things as long as you can do it without getting hurt.
  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    Ideally, you want to be doing exercise that you enjoy. If you like the running, by all means, keep it up. If you enjoyed the weight training, do that. If there's nothing that grabs you, there's absolutely nothing wrong with just taking a 30 minute walk every other day and managing weight with your food intake alone.

    You don't have to beat yourself up with intense exercise if it's not enjoyable to you is all I'm saying. You want to develop a maintainable lifestyle that you can continue for years.
  • mallorytravels
    mallorytravels Posts: 86 Member
    Hi there. I read your post and it reminded me of what happened to me a few months ago. I started strength training two or three times a week for the first time ever a few months ago. It was great at first. I had lots of energy and I saw results. I also started eating better. However, I got to a point where I started to feel really tired all the time. Like, too tired to work out. Also the workouts stopped feeling good. I even injured my shoulder. I eventually just gave up. Looking back, I think that I was doing a few things wrong. For one, I should have also been doing cardio at least once a week on top of the strength training. I also was not getting enough sleep. I also was (am) very depressed and dealing with a stressful work environment. I was also lifting too heavy - I should have scaled things back a bit. All of those things conspired to sabotage my routine. I hope someday to get back into it. I know this wasn't very helpful but I just wanted to share my experience with you.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    depending on your initial level of fitness, increasing your running, progressively increasing your weights AND eating at a deficit will be draining. basically the more of a deficit you are eating the more time it will take for your body to recover and you'll probably need to figure out what's more important to you fitness wise at the moment

    since my main goal is to preserve muscle mass while i lose fat and get stronger, weightlifting is my primary exercise that i do 3 days a week, running is 1-2 days a week

    ETA : i'm recently finding that eating at enough of a deficit to lose 2 pounds a week means that I can only have 1 of my strength sessions have an increase in weight
  • mallorytravels
    mallorytravels Posts: 86 Member
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  • sakuya3834
    sakuya3834 Posts: 116 Member
    I am one attempt #2 for C25K.

    Starting wk 3 this week.

    Don't get discouraged if you haven't succeeded in the past or need to repeat a week. From my experience I have started it many times and have struggled a few times or fell off the healthy bandwagon. If you are committed to running just keep trying and push through the mental blocks. If running isn't for you don't sweat it -- try something else! Elliptical? Hiking? Fitness classes?
  • erinelissa91
    erinelissa91 Posts: 63 Member
    Check your carb intake. Runners need lots of carbs to keep their energy levels up. Healthy carbs of course. And protein, but endurance training requires a larger number of calories and a much greater number of carbs in comparison to strength training or regular cardio. Just food for thought. I am not a good runner cause i never properly fuel my body pre run and then i always feel sick and drained the rest of the day.

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